Doll: Native American Skookum Indian Woman with Baby

$185.00

TD45000J
Item: 
Doll:  Antique Native American Skookum Indian Woman with Baby, wooden legs, original clothing, antique
Size:  16 inches tall
Circa: About 1920
Company:  Unknown
Condition: used, like new

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Availability: 1 in stock

Featured is a wonderful antique Native American Skookum Indian Woman with Baby.

  • Patents for Mary McAboy’s Skookum dolls were granted on February 17, 1914. One of the applications was for a male and the other a female and in three styles ~ a male doll, a female doll, a female doll with a baby.
  • The dolls started to become so popular that Mary McAboy partnered with H.H. Tammen Co. of Denver, Colorado in 1920 to keep up with the demand.
  • She stayed on and was the head of the Skookum Assembly Division.
  • The look of the doll stayed the same but some of the materials used to make them changed.
  • They were factory made dolls from the 1920’s ~ 1960’s that resembled Native American people and were usually sold in tourist spots.
  • Skookum dolls came in a variety of sizes and styles to represent various tribes, customs and dresses, from 2 inch tall souvenir mailers to 3 foot tall store displays.
  • Skookums don’t have arms but were wrapped with Indian style folded blankets so that it looked like they had folded arms.
  • Some had jewelry like earrings or bead necklaces, papooses, hair ties, headbands, kerchiefs, feathered headdresses and more.
  • They will usually have the words “Skookum” stamped on the bottom of the plastic shoes or come with a tag that says “Skookum”.
  • Most Skookum dolls were made so they look to the right. Some look to the left but are pretty rare and hard to find.”
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